Riot police in Kuwait have once again used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered in Kuwait for the fifth day straight demanding the release of a detained opposition leader.

Social media and witness
reports from the ground say that armored vehicles were firing
volleys at activists as they marched toward a court complex in
the capital Kuwait City, where opposition leader and a former MP,
Mussallam al Barrak, is scheduled to face trial on Monday on
charges of insulting the judiciary.

Defying government orders not to hold unauthorized protests, more
than 2,000 people tried to make it to old market where police
broke up the demonstration, chasing some activists along the
narrow streets of the city center.

Kuwait's Interior Ministry in a press release said there were no
injuries when security forces dispersed the activists. No arrests
were mentioned at the “unauthorized” rally, Start
Tribute reports.

The ministry blamed
demonstrators for the violence, saying that unidentified men
threw a petrol bomb at the jail where Barrak has been held for
the past five days.

It was the fifth night of violence in Kuwait sparked by the
arrest of Barrak, who says he has documents that prove illicit
financial transfers to senior officials, including judges.